A three-day ‘Capacity Building and Awareness Programme on Aluminium” will begin here on Thursday.

The Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development and Design Centre (JNARDDC) together with Aluminium Association of India (AAI), Material Recycling Association of India (MRAI) and Aluminium Secondary Manufacturers Association (ASMA) is organizing  the event on the recommendations of the Core Committee of Ministry of Mines for Resource Efficiency in Aluminium and in pursuance to the recommendations of the Strategy Paper on Resource Efficiency in Aluminium, jointly prepared by Ministry of Mines and NITI Aayog.

The programme to be inaugurated by distinguished dignitaries from NITI Aayog, Ministry of Mines, aluminium industry and many more prominent personalities aims at building capacity of aluminium recycling and waste management as well as improving the knowledge and skills of waste recycling operators, which is expected to witness widespread participation from all three primary aluminium producing companies (Nalco, Vedanta and Hindalco), secondary aluminium industries, representatives from Government organisations (NITI Aayog, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, CPCB, SPCB, BARC, IBM, Ministry and BIS etc) as well as from technology providers, young entrepreneurs, academicians and students etc.

Nalco CMD and Aluminium Association of India president Dr TK Chand  told that circular economy should be the way of working of industries to achieve zero waste.